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Episode # 208: Sudden Cardiac Death in Sport

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Komochio Cortis

The term Komochio Cortis is agitation of the heart. It's secondary to blunt, non-penetrating trauma to the area overlying the heart during a very specific time in the electrical cycle of the heart and effectively stuns the heart. The heart just stops all rhythmic contraction and is just sitting there waiting, quivering something to happen,. ideally CPR, defibrillation, et cetera. 95% of reported cases have been males.

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